inkball

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inkball

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From ink + ball.

noun inkballs · ink-ball · ink ball

The gall of an oak tree, used to produce ink. The first tree I knew was an oak under which I played as a small child and gathered large inkballs that I used as marbles.
historical A leather-covered dauber, stuffed with soft, resilient wadding, with a wooden handle, used to ink type forms for printing. A predecessor of brayers and self-inking presses. […]consider that this perfect work was done on a wooden press, that the form was inked by hand with inkballs or "daubers,"[…]

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@misc{inkball_2026,
  title = {inkball},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inkball},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}